Israel and Hamas. Cardinal Zuppi: “The international community must not renounce the two-peoples, two-state solution”

In this interview with SIR, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna and President of the Italian Episcopal Conference, offers a…

United Kingdom: election on 4th July, the Bishops call to say no to abortion and assisted suicide

Cardinal Zuppi: Visit to Bethlehem’s Caritas Baby Hospital. “It’s always too late to protect human life. The suffering of children is unacceptable”

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has visited the Caritas Baby Hospital (CBH) in Bethlehem, the only paediatric hospital located in the West…

Spain: Pontifical Mission Societies, the Iberian Church first in the world by number of missionaries. Average age 75

Austria: Bishops’ plenary comes to a close. Synod and European elections at centre of agenda. “Strengthening democracy”

EUIPO: UEFA Euro and Olympics in sight but “foul play”. Millions of people watch sporting events illegally

EU Parliament: sovereigntist forces gaining ground. Will the outgoing “Ursula Majority” get a second term?

The EU vote strengthened the European Peoples’ Party, thereby consolidating the pro-European majority together with the S&Ds and Liberals. However,…

EU, post-vote unknowns. The comments of Europe’s Catholic world

Analysts, volunteers, journalists, theologians: SIR asked some of the representatives of Europe’s multifarious Catholicism to comment on the elections for…

Drugs: Johansson (European Commission), market and consumption “evolve quickly and fuel violence and corruption”

Drugs: EMCDDA, “growing threats in Europe. Powerful synthetic substances, new blends and changes in consumption”

European elections: Mr Bassi (FAFCE) to newly elected, “responsibility for the future” of the continent and “for families”